David Rotenstein
David Rotenstein is a historian and writer based in Pittsburgh. He is writing a book on the history of numbers gambling in Pittsburgh.
Twitter: @iVernacular and @MobsBurgh
Lawrenceville’s The Abbey on Butler Street: From Foundry to Funeral Home to Restaurant
The Abbey on Butler Street is a popular eatery and bar housed inside a century-old building with a long history.
You can find generations of Pittsburgh Black history at The Crystal Barber
The Crystal Barbershop might have been Pittsburgh’s best-known tonsorium. Its owner, William “Woogie” Harris, was a legendary gambling baron and one of the city’s wealthiest Black entrepreneurs. Harold Slater was his friend, son-in-law, and successor in the iconic Hill District establishment. Slater’s story begins more than a century ago in rural Virginia and it continues today with his daughter’s Bloomfield barbering business.
Post-prohibition PGH: The Tito Boys, Rolling Rock beer and bootleggers
The petty bootlegger who tried to shakedown the Tito boys
You can find generations of Pittsburgh black history at The Crystal Barber
The Crystal Barbershop might have been Pittsburgh’s best-known tonsorium. Its owner, William “Woogie” Harris, was a legendary gambling baron and one of the city’s wealthiest Black entrepreneurs. Harold Slater was his friend, son-in-law, and successor in the iconic Hill District establishment. Slater’s story begins more than a century ago in rural Virginia and it continues today with his daughter’s Bloomfield barbering business.
A Big Numbers Hit in 1930 Created Pittsburgh Mob Legends
Meet some Pittsburgh mob legends and learn how a bet on the number 805 in 1930 changed gambling in the city of Pittsburgh.